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J. D. LAMB 8'5 J. E. CHAPMAN.

STREET GAR EENEEE.

No. 547,218. Patented Oct. 1, 1895.

AN DREW I! GRANAM. PIIO'I'O-LITHOEWASMNGTUN.

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LAMB & J. ELGHAPMAN.

STREET GAR FENDER.

Patented 001;. 1, 1895.

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J. D. LAMB & J. E. CHAPMAN. STREET GAR FENDER. No. 547,218. I V PatentedOct 1,1895.

ANDREW B.RANAM,PNUTOLUHQWASHINGTdN. DC

" Mrs TATES JAMES D. LAMB AND JAMES E. CHAPMAN, OF MONTREAL, CANADA,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-TWENTIETH TO JOHN JAMES DURACK, OF SAME PLACE.

$TREET-CAlR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,218, dated October1, 1895.

Application filed November 1'7, 189% Serial No. 529,207. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMEs DoMINIoUE LAMB, post office clerk, and J AMEsEDWIN CHAPMAN, clerk, of the city of Montreal, in the district ofMontreal and-Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Street-Car Fenders; and We do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same Thisinvention relates to fenders of a detachable form, and has for itsobject the general improvement of the operating parts thereof with aview to rendering themjmore effective in operation, to also allow thefender to be readily folded up when desired, detached and transferredfrom one end of the car to the other as well as allowing of a better adjustment of the protective parts relatively to the road-level.

The invention consists of the several devices and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed, and for full comprehension thereofreference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which likejsymbols indicate corresponding parts, andwherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of the fender and auxiliary partsattached to a car; Fig 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the fenderon line as :r, Fig. 1; Fig 3, a front elevation thereof and auxiliaryparts, and Fig. 4 a detail part-sectional view of hooked ends of thehanger-rods.

The fender proper preferably comprises a stationary back piece, anintermediate section, and a movable front portion, with a flexiblereceiver or not carried by the back piece and intermediate section, thestationary back piece being attached to the car-front in any suitableway, the intermediate section being pivotally connectedwith the backpiece to allow of its adjustment to diiferent positions relatively tothe road-level and the front portion being also pivotally connected withthe intermediate section to allow of its being lowered from anormally-elevated position into contact with the road, eitherautomatically or by the motorman.

To render the fender more effective, we profer to employ as an auxiliarythereto side guards or wings to prevent any possibility of a person hitby the fender, but not caught thereby, from falling sidewise beneath thefront portions of the car unprotected by the fender proper.

The stationary back piece is in the form of a rectangular framepreferably having vertical bars a and upper and lower connecting bars aor, while arms a project frontward from the lower corners thereof. Theback piece is detachably connected to the car in any usualmanner, suchas by means of projecting fingers 2, fitting eyes 1 in the vertical barsa, and held in place by pins passed through slits in such fingers, asshown. The intermediate section is also in rectangular frame form andpreferably made up of side arms I) and rear and front connecting-bars Z)19 the arms I] having at their rear ends laterally-projecting pivot-pins6 adapted to enter eyes in the ends of thearms a of the back piece andso eifect a pivotal connection there with, being detachably heldtogether by means of cotter-pins c or other like fastenings passedthrough slits in the pivot-pins.

The front portion is preferably made up of side arms 01, centrallyfulcrumed on the front bar or rod 19 of the intermediate section, rearconnecting-rod 01, front connecting-rod 01 and intermediateconnecting-rods (1 d the latter dbeing connected with the arms throughright-angled bearers d interposed between its ends and the arms, inorder to afford space for small rollers a, presently to be described.

The front rod d preferably carries a pneumatic cushion f, so as toreduce the force of the blow received by a person struck by the fender,and in order to protect the cushion from contact with the road we usethe rollers 6 just mentioned. These rollers e are; of globular orspherical form and pivoted low enough in the bearers d that when thefront portion of the fender is lowered they will come into contact withthe ground and prevent the cushion f reaching it, while their sphericalform avoids any chance of injury to the fender when the car is roundinga curve in the line and the fender in contact with the ground, since therollers ofier no resistance to lateral travel. Netting g is stretchedbetween the intermediate connect- ICO ing-rods d d of the front portionof the fender, and this front portion is held normally elevated and withits rear end bearing upon the rear connecting'rod of the intermediatesection, preferably by means of a spring h, coiled about the rod 19 andhaving one end attached to the rear intermediate rod (i and the otherend bearing beneath a finger projection 7a from the under side of one ofthe side arms I) of the intermediate section. The intermediate sectionand with it, of course, the depressible front portion which together maybe properly called a receiver-frame, is preferably supported and alsoprevented from rising above the desired position by means of expansiblehanger-rods comprising rod-sections m and intermediate adjustablecoupling m, having screw-thread connection therewith, the outer freeends of the rods being hooked to take into eyes it at the top corners ofthe back piece and eyes 19 at the outer ends of the side arms of theintermediate section, and also having spring-operated finger-bolts q forclosing the hook-openings, after the books have been passed through theeyes, to prevent them slipping out of place. By shortening orlengthening these hanger--rods the height of the intermediate sectionand with it that of the front portion of the fender relatively to theroad-level can be regulated, or, i

if desired, this regulation can be secured and the intermediate sectionsupported, but not prevented from rising above the desired level, (thisbeing effected by the hanger-rods, as before mentioned,) by forming adownward and rearward extension of the rear end of one or both of theside arms of the intermediate seotion, as shown at r in Fig. 2, whichextension or extensions can carry adjusting-screws s to bear beneath theunder side of the arms a of the stationary back pieces. A flexiblereceiver or net t has its lower end hooked onto the connecting-rod b ofthe intermediate sec tion and its upper end preferably secured to theperiphery of the upper connected rod 0. in the form of a rotatable drumor take-up carried in upper ends of the back piece and operated by meansof a crank-handle If, so that as the intermediate section is altered inposition any undue slack of the not can be taken up and the netmaintained in a taut condition, any suitable pawl-and-ratchet device, asindicated at tibeing used to hold the drum against rotation in adirection tending to slacken the net.

In operation, the front portion of the fender being normally elevatedonly by the force of the spring h, it follows that in the event of thecushioned front edge coming in contact with an obstruction it willautomatically yield in a downward direction until the rollers touch theground, thus avoiding any chance of the obstruction or person passingunder the fender. To place the depressible front portion under controlof the motorman, however, we fulcrum a lever u in the lower bar of thestationary back piece, so that one end of same will be located beneaththe rear connecting-rod d of the depressible front portion and the otherbeneath the car-platform, so as to be depressible through a vertical rod12, passing through the platform, and upon the depression thereof therear end of the front portion will be elevated and the from cushionededge lowered.

As an auxiliary protection against persons falling beneath the frontside portions of the car unprotected by the fender proper we attachlateral wing-plates or vertical guards 21:, which may be made of sheetmetal or in the form of net frames, preferably secured to the verticalside arms of the stationary back piece and the dashboard, so as to beadjustable vertically to difierent heights relatively to the road-level,the adjustment being secured by .means of two series of eyes y in thewingplates, either pair of which is adapted to be fitted over pins 3,carried by the dashboard and the lateral projections i, inserted inslots I in the sides of the back piece.

To fold up the fender, the hanger-rods m m are unhooked from the fenderand the latter turned upon the shaft or axis (1 to theposition shown inFig. 2, where it can be retained by any suitable holdfast.

What we claim is as follows:

1. A car fender having a stationary back piece and intermediate sectionpivotally connected therewith, a forwardly projecting frame sectionpivotally supported about midway of its length and its front endadjustable vertically to different heights relatively to the road levelwith means for supporting and a lever for operating and adjusting saidforwardly projecting frame section.

2. A car fender having a stationary back piece and intermediate sectionpivotally connected therewith, an oscillatory forwardly projecting framesection pivotally supported about midway of its length and its front endadjustable vertically to different heights relatively to the road levelwith means for supporting it at its pivoting point and a lever deviceengaging its rear end for operating and adjusting said forwardlyprojecting frame section.

3. In a car fender, the combination of a stationary back piece withmeans for securing it to the car, an intermediate section pivotallyconnected with said back piece, a depressible front portion pivotallyconnected with said intermediate section, a flexible receiver or netextending between the upper end of said back piece and the forward endof the intermediate section and the said front portion being partiallycovered by netting,

with means for supporting said intermediate depressible front portionpivotally connected with said intermediate section, a flexible receiveror net extending between the upper end of said back piece and theforward end of the intermediate section, and said front portion beingpartially covered by netting with means for adj ustably supporting saidintermediate section and yieldingly supportin g said depressible frontportion 6. In a car fender, the combination of a stationary back piecewith means for securing it to the car, an intermediate section pivotallyconnected with said back piece; a (lepressible front portion pivotallyconnected with said intermediate section, a flexible receiver or netextending between the upper end of said back piece and the forward endof the intermediate section, and said front portion being partiallycovered by netting, means for supporting said intermediate section anddepressible front portion and means for operating said front portion forthe purpose set forth.

7. In combination with a car fender having a stationary back piece,vertically adjustable laterally projecting auxiliary projecting guardsor wing plates 20 secured to said back piece and to the dash board ofthe car for the purpose set forth.

8. In a car fender having a stationary back piece an adjustable sectionpivotally connected therewith and a depressible front portion pivotallyconnected with the adjustable section extensible hanger rods comprisingrod sections m and adjustable couplings m for supporting and adjustingthe shaft or axis upon which such depressible front portion is pivotedfor the purpose set forth.

9. In a car fender having a stationary back piece an intermediatesection pivotally connected therewith and an adjustable frame portionpivotally connected with such intermediate section, rearward extensionsfrom said intermediate section, and adjusting screws carried thereby andadapted to bear beneath said stationary back piece, for the purpose setforth.

10. In a car fender having a stationary back piece an adjustableforwardly projecting receiver frame pivotally connected therewith,extensible hanger rods for supporting and adjusting the adjustableforwardly projecting receiver frame, rearward extensions from saidsection and adjusting screws carried thereby and adapted to bear beneathsaid stationary back piece, for the purpose set forth.

Montreal, November 8, 1894.

JAMES D. LAMB. JAMES E. CHAPMAN.

In presence of- WILL P. McFnxr, FRED J. SEARS.

